(Xeta POV)

As Elizabeth had been crying and wailing, and after breaking out of my trance of being scared for her, I realized I should have been moving then. Her cries had soon stopped, and she fell over in my arms. She passed out, but not from exhaustion, a pool of blood had started to circle her from her wounds. I looked her over and saw how bad a shape she was in. There were claw marks that had been made on her left cheek, three lining up in a pattern. Her right arm had a massive gash in it, blood pouring from the wound.

I noticed her shirt near her shoulder had been ripped, and noticed three puncture wounds. Her waist and left arm had small cuts covering them, possibly from the broken glass I saw. Then on one leg she had a massive cut on her thigh, and her other leg had been freezer burned.

But the last wound had worried me, I noticed that at the top of her head, she had blood running from her hair. I looked up at the fire extinguisher case, and saw blood had covered one of the corners, she must've been knocked into it.

Realizing the danger to her life in this situation, I quickly scooped her up in my arms and ran to the entrance I broke through. As I did I turned on my disguise, making it bare a new scar, so I didn't have to hid the blood.

As I carried Elizabeth outside of the school, I heard the distinct sound of police cars letting out their sirens. As I got to the entrance where I came in from, I saw their distinct red and blue lights from the windows.

Two officers were outside the building, about to come in, when they spotted me exiting. They were hostile at first, seeing this boy with a new wound on his face, with himself, and the girl he held, both covered in blood.

They realized however, after my screams of panic, that the girl in my arms was severely wounded. The officers came up to me as I laid Elizabeth on the ground. The officers had started to help me in keeping her wounds as closed as possible, while they asked me if there was anyone still inside.

I shook my head.

They also asked if the attackers were still there.

I shook my head no again.

More officers had shown up, who were told to investigate the inside of the school, while and ambulance showed up for Elizabeth. Elizabeth, who I had continuously had to make sure to keep awake, was moving in and out of consciousness, and her breathing was feint. I quickly looked up and noticed that Bruce's car was nearby, he must've called the authorities, and thankfully, it was a good thing he did.

I helped get her onto the stretcher as the nurses moved her to the ambulance, but I dared not leave her side.

"Xe….Xeta?" I heard her ask in a very weak voice.

I growled back to tell her I was here.

"Sir I need you to step back," The female doctor told me.

I shook my head in denial.

"Sir please, if you are not her family you can't come with us," She explained.

I was still hesitant to let them go with her.

"Sir…. Her wounds are bad… but they are not fatal, she will be okay, but we need all of our doctors in the ambulance to keep her stable, if you truly care about her, then please back away," The doctor told me.

This time I listened and backed away.

As they drove off, and I watched in sadness, I had been called by a female officer to come over to her.

I walked up to the lady and noticed she was wearing a CSI outfit. She had brown hair that was made into a long pony tail, which she had over her shoulder. She had green eyes, and looked at me as I came over.

"Xeta, Shidel. I am correct on this?" She asked.

I nodded in confirmation, but was confused on how she knew my name.

"Ah good, my file on you was correct, I am Officer Veil, I am in charge of this investigation, I just need to ask you a few questions about what happened," She explained.

I nodded to her in confirmation.

"Okay, do you know the girl that the officers said you brought out?" She asked.

I nodded.

"Okay, do you know how the creatures got into the school?" She asked.

I shook my head.

"Do you know how they died?" She asked one more time.

I nodded.

"Okay, from what my files tell me you are mute, is this correct?" She asked me.

I nodded in confirmation.

"Okay then," she handed me a notepad, "Please use this to speak with me."

I did as was told and wrote down my story, leaving out the bits where I slammed one into a wall.

"So, you came in with one of the creatures dead, and you found Elizabeth, the girl you had with you, was wounded and brought her out, what about the other one?" She asked.

I took the notepad back, and gave her the rest of the information when I found Elizabeth.

"She…. So, the bloody fire extinguisher that was near the corpse…. Oh god, that poor girl…" Officer Veil said.

I looked down in sadness.

"Do… You have any idea what happened to the other one?" She asked.

I simply shook my head.

She seemed to be thinking about something when another officer came up to us.

"Ma'am, we have an issue!" He said.

"What is it?!" She said turning to him.

"All of the cameras were cut, we can't check the feed on what went on!" He said.

"Damn it…. What about the collars those creatures were wearing?" Veil asked him.

"One was smashed, and the other was broken, but thankfully one stayed in tact," He said.

"Well, what can you gather?" Veil asked.

"Well ma'am, from what we could put together, it was a translator," He explained.

"A translator? Translating what?" Veil asked.

"No clue, but we could assume so the creatures could talk, but the only ones that could of heard it were the girl and him," He said pointing at me.

She turned to me, "Did you hear them talking?"

I honestly answered and shook my head, I hadn't heard them talking, and if I did I was in too much of a daze, I really wasn't in control when I attacked.

"Okay…. What about the ice pillar?" She asked.

"We still have not come to a direct conclusion on how that is even there, but we could assume the creatures," The officer said.

I took my notepad and wrote down there were freezer burns on Elizabeth's leg.

I gave it to Veil, "Freezer burns? How could that even…. So… We can take it into consideration the creatures caused this, god I feel like I'm dealing with an area 51 case, anyways, we'll have to check in with the girl later on, what else have you found officer?"

The officer tensed up, "The only other things we found were a broken mega phone, a gun that had recently been fired, and a couple of bodies…"

"Okay… get to identifying them, back to your position!" She ordered.

"Yes ma'am!" He said turning away and walking off.

She then turned back to me, "Alright, now back to you, I'm sorry to say, but you will have to be considered a suspect."

I backed away at this, and gave her a confused look.

"Look here, you and that girl were the only ones who exited that building alive, I can't overlook the fact that you could have been involved! Just look at you! You are covered in blood!" She said.

I felt insulted by her words, and started to growl at her accusations.

Just then I heard a familiar voice calling out, and when I turned to look, Elizabeth's mother had forced her way pass one of the officers and came up to Veil and I, not realizing I was there.

"Ma'am! Please, have you seen my daughter!? I heard about the school being attacked, and she was here after hours, and please have you seen her?!" She said genuinely scared, I have to give her credit, she was still a mother, maybe a manipulative one, but no one would want to see their daughter in the ground.

"Ma'am, I will need you to calm down, what's her name?" Veil asked.

"Elizabeth, Monroe!" Her mother said in a scared tone.

Veil nodded, "Your daughter was injured, but she will be okay, she has been taken to the hospital, this young man here was the one who brought her to us," She said pointing at me.

Elizabeth's mother actually recognized me, "XETA?!"

Veil was confused, "Wait ma'am, you know him?"

"Why yes, him and my daughter are together!" Her mom stated, which caused me to heavily blush, and I couldn't hide it, not even through the image.

Veil turned to me in shock.

"Wait, so together as in…?" Veil said.

"As a couple yes," She gave Veil an angered look, "Do you think he caused this?!"

"Well ma'am, we must take into consideration the fact that-"

Veil had been cut off by Elizabeth's mother, "The fact you should be taking into consideration is my daughter has done nothing but speak highly of him since me and my husband met him! And he has done nothing but show our daughter respect and care, and also given us the respect we deserve, if he was here then my daughter must have let him know she was in trouble and contacted him, isn't that right?!"

I nodded to her mother, whether or not she was doing this out of care for me, care for her daughter, or for some plan, I was thankful I didn't have to worry about being locked up, or on the run.

"See?! And we will have to hear what my daughter has to say as well! Who else is a witness?!" Her mother asked.

Veil shook her head, "There are no other witnesses, your daughter, and Xeta here were the only two to leave the school alive."

That seemed to scare the already distressed mother, "I… I see, well please take what I have said into consideration!"

"It's already been noted ma'am," Veil said, "Now please, we need you to clear out, we need to secure the area!"

Elizabeth's mother quickly left, and ran back to her car. She drove as in a hurry, where I assumed she was headed to the hospital.

I turned back to veil.

"Okay, from the information I have gathered from her, she seems to believe that you would do nothing to harm her daughter, now I want to ask you, do you actually love that girl?" Veil asked.

She was not wrong, and I could not lie, I nodded.

"Okay, then we will not place any suspects until we hear from Elizabeth, but I would like to keep in touch, may I have your phone number if we ever have any more questions?" She asked.

I nodded to her, and wrote my number on the notepad she gave me.

"Alright then, now go… and you should probably clean up," She said.

I looked down at the blood that was starting to dry on my coat, would this ever come out?!

I left the scene and headed over to where I saw Bruce's car, he was nearby.

"Hey man…. I saw the ambulance… Is she going to be okay?" He asked me.

I nodded while my body shook, I was finally able to take a breath, but I was very stressed on everything that happened.

-T..They said she would be fine…. B. but, I'm worried,- I said.

"You have every right to be…. What all happened?" He asked.

-There were two creatures… I ran in and, saw them attacking her, I killed one, and when I caught up to Elizabeth and the other creature, Elizabeth was crushing it's head with a fire extinguisher…- I explained.

His eyes widened, "Holy shit…"

-Elizabeth was covered in wounds…- I said.

"J… Jesus…"

-And… I didn't get to hear much, but I think they killed Elizabeth's friend Sunny,- I said.

"No way… From what you told me they were close…" Bruce said.

-Yeah…. I…. Don't feel good,- I said.

"You wanna just go home?" He asked.

-Drive me home to clean up, then I'm going to the hospital,- I said.

"I don't think they'll let you see her if she's in critical," He explained.

-I can wait,- I said.

He drove me back to the area close enough to where it wasn't a long walk to my cave. After getting my sword, guns, and phone out of the car, I ran back to my cave. I grabbed soap, and a towel. After that I quickly headed to the waterfall and got to washing. I made sure to wash all the blood off my fur, and cleaned the new wound on my muzzle, that was going to scar.

After cleaning up, and being in pain when soap got in the wound, I quickly ran through the forest till I was close to town. I was not wearing my jacket, but still disguised myself.

After finding a 24 hour laundromat, I walked inside, threw my coat into a washer, and waited. As I waited, I took a look at my cross necklace, there was blood on it. I quickly licked one of my paw nubs, and wiped it off best I could. Even though I did, it was stained still, some of the blood wasn't gonna come out.

I felt ashamed at that, this was not only a symbol of my religion, but also my family, it felt dirtied…. But in a way aged. I mean… I look back on what I've done, but all I've done is stop people from hurting others…. Even if that means I….

I stopped myself, even though it was like this now, even though I've done bad, I'm trying to do what's right, and still grow up as a normal person, and my necklace showed it. Even though what I've done is wrong, I've done it for a good reason….. I hope…

I heard the washer stop and I looked at my jacket. The soap did that job, thankfully it was a black coat, if it was white, oh boy I would be in trouble. I threw it in the dryer for a bit and waited.

I was trying to piece together the puzzle in my head, why did those creatures attack her, why were they attacking the school?! Were…. Were they after me? Or… What did they want…..

I was starting to feel guilty, what if I was the reason they attacked? What if I'm the reason they killed Elizabeth's friend…. God… what have I done?

I quickly stopped myself again, I made it in time, I stopped them, even though Elizabeth was hurt, I stopped them from killing her, that's still something good. Think positive…. Think positive….

As soon as I thought that, the dryer beeped signaling it was done. I pulled it out and gave it a look, came out nice.

I put it on, let the disguise underneath fade, then head on to the hospital. I looked outside the building with aura vision to see if I could spot Elizabeth's. I was able to find it, and saw her surrounded by doctors, they might be there a while, but I could wait.

And wait did I. I was there for hours, emotionally drained from being worried. I noticed that Elizabeth's parents were here as well. While I was waiting impatiently I got an email from the school. School would be canceled for a full week? Alright then, that makes sense.

I decided I would go in and ask about Elizabeth, bringing in my notepad I wrote my message to the lady at the desk.

"It seems she's still in treatment, and it's up to her parents to decide if you can see her. After treatment would you like to ask?" She said.

I repeatedly nodded. I was worried sick! I had to just see her, make sure she was okay.

After waiting maybe another hour, it reaching around midnight. I was finally told that I could ask her parents. I only guessed that this meant she was out of treatment, and was now recovering.

They had a doctor escort me to her parents.

When we came up they were actually surprised to see me.

"Xeta?" Her father asked.

I nodded.

"Why are you here?" He asked confused.

The doctor answered for me, "He seems to know the young woman here, he's been here waiting for hours, he seemed worried sick, he would like to ask if it would be okay for him to be able to see her?"

Her mother and father both looked at each other.

"He saved her honey, he got her out of there," Her mother said.

Her father nodded, "We allow it."

"Alright then, well you will all now be able to see her, we did the best we could, but there is a matter we need to discuss," He said.

We all nodded, but I was sweating buckets, what did we need to know that was that bad.

I followed the doctor and her parents into the room where I saw how Elizabeth was. She on the bed, with an IV in her arm, and asleep, her breathing normal. There was a bandage wrapped around her head, and a square bandage over the claw marks that were on her cheek. I noticed that there were some padding on her right arm, I guessed from where she was stabbed.

Her mother and father, I could tell were near to tears. Parents are parents it seems, even when they screw up.

"Sad to say, under her garments are even more bandages, she was cut multiple times, her left leg has freezer burns, and the other a large gash. Luckily neither one resulted in an amputation. The cuts were all stitched closed, the only ones we didn't are the gash on her right arm, where most of the blood loss originated from," the doctor explained.

"Her arm?" Her mother asked.

"Yes, a vein in her arm was cut, and if she didn't get to us when she did, she might have bled out," The doctor said.

This brought her mother to actual tears this time, and I truly felt bad for her.

"I… I can't hear anymore, I just…" She walked out.

"Is there any more?" Her father asked.

"I'm afraid yes, the other cut we couldn't stitch was the one's on her cheek, they weren't as deep as the others, but they are large, they will leave bad scars on her," The doctor said sadly.

I took my time trying to soak this all in, but scars didn't matter to me, I didn't care, she's still her to me, that's all that matters.

"Is that all?" Her father asked.

"No…. there's one last thing…. You see the bandage around her head?" He asked.

I looked and so did her father.

"What about it" Her father asked.

"Whatever she hit, whatever caused the gash on her head…. We believe that it caused… " he paused.

Me and her father both waited in anticipation for his answer.

"We believe…. That it caused some brain damage…" The doctor finished.

This caused me and her father's eyes to widen.

What. The. FUCK!? Did this doctor just say?!

"What…. What are you talking about?!" Her father asked desperately.

"Sir please, listen, we don't believe that it will be anything life changing, it was very minor damage, but it's there, we are not saying your daughter will be hospitalized or anything of the sort, she will still be able to live her life," The doctor explained.

This caused me and her father to become less tense.

"Well… what will it cause?" Her father asked.

"We're not too sure yet, but it will not affect her ways of thinking or studying, but there might be a change in how she acts, or the way she acts. This is a very difficult to determine situation, we have no idea what this will cause, but we can assure you, whatever it may be, it will not affect how she lives," the doctor lastly said.

"I um…. I need to go tell my wife," Her father said and walked out of the room.

I simply walked over to Elizabeth's bed, stood to her right, got on my knees, and just held her hand. I rested my head on my other arm and just sat there, not moving.

The doctor looked at me, "She'll probably take a while to wake."

I simply nodded.

I didn't move from my spot, and I heard her mother now in hysterics outside crying, her father must have told her.

After a few minutes her parents walked back in.

Her mother came up, and felt some of her daughters hair, genuinely looking saddened, and concerned for her daughter. I noticed her eyes were red, and stained with tears.

Her mother looked at the doctor, "Will we…. Will we be able to visit her?"

"Anytime you want ma'am, but him, he needs your permission," The doctor said pointing at me.

Her mother noticed how I was, she had a pretty good idea that I had no intention of leaving her side.

"He saved my daughter, that's the least I can do is let him see the person he saved," Her mother said.

"Alright then, I'll add him to the guest list," The doctor said.

"Wait just a minute," Her father intervened, "Now look I-"

"Not one word from you!" Her mother said, "If you noticed, he was also wounded trying to save our daughter, he has every right to see her!"

It was interesting, to see her mother like this. Maybe it was the adrenaline, or the stress, or even just out of love for her daughter, but at that moment, I don't think she gave two shits about the company.

"Fine, fine…" Her father begrudgingly agreed.

"Alright, name please?" The doctor asked.

Her mother spoke for me, "His name is Xeta Shidel!"

"Okay then, Xeta, Shidel, and there we go, alright, I will give this to the front desk, and you will be allowed to see her for the time she is here," The doctor said.

I looked up Elizabeth's mother and nodded at her.

She nodded back in assurance.

The doctor left and the three of us stayed with Elizabeth. I hadn't moved from my spot, while they were talking about what the side effect from the damage might be. As I said I didn't care, it would still be her, no matter what.

It got late, and the doctors said that if we were going to stay we had to stay into the night.

Elizabeth's mother an father had work in the morning, but I decided to stay. Her father was a little angry at that, but Elizabeth's mother allowed it.

Before they left, her mother turned to me, "Xeta?"

I looked up from where I had first sat down beside her.

"Thank you…. For saving her," She said.

I nodded to her.

They left and I was locked in. I just sat there, and held her hand. I couldn't think of anything else to do….. there was nothing left to do.

The person I cared about the most in my life was laying on the bed, covered in cuts and wounds. What else was there to do but stay there with her? Sooner or later I fell asleep, I don't know when exactly, but I did.

I woke up to the sound of a door being jimmied and unlocked. I realized that my illusion went off when I fell asleep, and right before the door opened I turned it on. A nurse came in and noticed me.

"You were here all night?" She asked.

I just nodded as a response.

"Well, seems like you're dedicated," She said.

She started fixing her IV bag, replacing it, and just doing what she needed to do. She changed some of the bandages, and I saw that some of the wounds, like the one on her right arm, were worse then I imagined.

She finished changing and turned to me, "I wouldn't worry too much, the doctors says she'll be fine, if she wakes up give us a call and we'll get her food and whatever she needs."

I nodded to the nurse as she left, and let myself stay in the same position with her, I did not move, I did not think I simply held her hand. I thought about what she must've went through, how scared she was, it made me shake, it me visibly sick to think about. I was near to tears at this point.

But then I heard a sound, "A…arg…. Huh….?"

I looked up, and surely enough her eyes had opened. She was slowly looking over the room, and I felt her hand tense around my paw. She turned her head to look at me.

"X…. Xeta?" She asked in a weak voice.

I quickly sprang up with a smile, -Elizabeth!-

I took my other paw and wrapped in around her hand, letting my disguise fade, -I'm…. I'm so happy… y-your awake…"

I had tears now, just seeing her okay, and being able to talk with her again.

"Am… I in the hospital?" She asked.

-Yes… Please, don't try to move, I don't know how much pain you could be in if you do!- I said worried.

"Okay… How long have I been here?" She asked.

-Since last night,- I answered.

"Have… you been here all night?" She asked.

I slowly nodded at her.

She turned her head away, I could hear crying, "You…. You idiot," she laughed, "You didn't have to do that…"

-But I wanted to! How could I not?! I was so worried, we all were!- I screamed with telepathy.

"We?" She asked.

-Your parents, your mother was in tears, she couldn't bear to hear what injuries you got,- I explained.

"She was?" She asked.

-Yes. She truly was, she's the one who allowed me to stay here with you,- I explained.

I saw her look down sadly, "Xeta…. Thank you for saving me, if you hadn't shown up when you did, I might be…"

I shook my head, -You can't give me all the credit, you kept yourself alive!-

"I guess so, I didn't think you got my text," She said.

I looked at her confused, "What text?"

"I sent you a text…. That I was in danger," She said.

-I never got it,- I said truthfully.

"But…. How did you know I was there?" She asked.

I looked down in thought, I really still don't understand what led me to the school, I truly didn't.

I looked her right in the eye, -I don't know, I just…. something was yelling at me in my head, warning me, telling me, forcing me to go to the school…. I didn't know how or why, but apparently… it knew more than I did.-

This did nothing but give her more questions than answers, but it didn't matter because the doctor had just come in. He saw her awake and gave her a rundown of all that happened. When she heard the news about the brain damage it seemed to make her sick, but thankfully after more explaining she became less worried about the side effects.

The good news was, the doctor said that the wounds will heal, and she will be allowed to leave in four days.